- Bordet-Gengou bacillus
- Bordet-Gengou bacillus n a small ovoid bacillus of the genus Bordetella (B. pertussis) that is the causative agent of whooping cough
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Bordetella pertussis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Bordet-Gengou bacillus
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bordet-gengou bacillus — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st B&G : a small ovoid bacillus (Hemophilus pertussis) held to cause whooping cough … Useful english dictionary
Bordet-Gengou — Bor·det Gen·gou bȯr dā zhän gü adj of, relating to, or for use in connection with the Bordet Gengou bacillus <Bordet Gengou media> Bor·det bȯr dā Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent (1870 1961) Belgian bacteriologist , and Gen·gou zhan gü Octave… … Medical dictionary
bordet-gengou — |bȯr|dā|zhäⁿ|gü adjective Usage: usually capitalized B&G Etymology: Jules J.B.V. Bordet b1870 Belgian bacteriologist and Octave Gengou died 1957 Belgian bacteriologist : of, relating to, or for use in connection with the Bordet Gengou bacillus… … Useful english dictionary
Bordet-Gengou agar (culture medium) bacillus phenomenon (reaction) — Bor·det Gen·gou agar (culture medium), bacillus, phenomenon (reaction) (bor daґ zhahn gooґ) [Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist, serologist, and Nobel prize winner, 1870–1961; Octave Gengou, French bacteriologist,… … Medical dictionary
Bordet — Jules, Belgian bacteriologist and Nobel laureate, 1870–1961. See Bordetella, B. Gengou potato blood agar, B. Gengou bacillus, B. Gengou phenomenon, B. and Gengou reaction … Medical dictionary
Gengou — Octave, French bacteriologist, 1875–1957. See G. phenomenon, Bordet G. potato blood agar, Bordet G. bacillus, Bordet G. phenomenon, Bordet and G. reaction … Medical dictionary
Pertussistoxin — Bordetella pertussis Bordetella pertussis Systematik Abteilung: Proteobacteria Klasse … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bordetella — A genus of strictly aerobic bacteria (family Brucellaceae) containing minute, Gram negative non–spore bearing, coccobacilli. Motile and nonmotile species occur; motile cells are peritrichous. The metabo … Medical dictionary
whooping cough — /hooh ping, hoop ing/, Pathol. an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound. Also… … Universalium
Bordetella pertussis — Systematik Abteilung: Proteobacteria Klasse … Deutsch Wikipedia
